1941

Major Events · Sports · Music · Screen · Prizes

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor brought America into World War II, while Hitler invaded the Soviet Union in Operation Barbarossa. Roosevelt and Churchill signed the Atlantic Charter, and How Green Was My Valley won Best Picture.

A Year in Review

Best Picture

How Green Was My Valley

Nobel · Literature

The Prize Money Was With 1/3 Allocated T

World Series

New York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Se

No. 1 Song

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Top TV

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Academy · Actor

Gary Cooper

Sports Highlights

Champions of 1941

Champions

NCAA FootballMinnesota Record: 8-0-0

Heisman TrophyBruce Smith, Minnesota, HB points: 554

Stanley CupBoston Bruins vs. Detroit Red Wings Series: 4-0 US Open (Golf): Craig Wood Score: 284 Course: Colonial Club Location: Ft. Worth, TX

World SeriesNew York Yankees vs. Brooklyn Dodgers Series: 4-1

Academy Awards

Honoring 1941

Best Picture

How Green Was My Valley

Best Director

John Ford

How Green Was My Valley

Best Actor

Gary Cooper

Sergeant York

Best Actress

Joan Fontaine

Suspicion

Nobel & Pulitzer Prizes

The year in letters & science

Nobel Prizes

Chemistry

The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section

Literature

The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section

Peace

The prize money was allocated to the Main Fund (1/3) and to the Special Fund (2/3) of this prize section

Physiology or Medicine

The prize money was allocated to the Main Fund (1/3) and to the Special Fund (2/3) of this prize section

Physics

The prize money was with 1/3 allocated to the Main Fund and with 2/3 to the Special Fund of this prize section

Pulitzer Prizes

Drama

Robert E. Sherwood ... "There Shall Be No Night"

History

Marcus Lee Hansen ... "The Atlantic Migration: 1607-1860"

Public Service

"St. Louis Post-Dispatch"